Knowing IV

Rom.14:⁴ [NIV] “Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.”

A lot of people just abuse the things of God with, “God said…”. Keep quiet! Does it concern your responsibility and is it your business? Telling other people about God’s will for their lives can easily turn into presumption and arrogance. Yes, God speaks to us about other people but take note of this – under certain conditions.

#1. If you are in authority over them, God will speak to you concerning them. For instance parents, God talks to fathers about their children. The fathers in turn change the destinies of their children through prophetic utterances. If you provide spiritual covering, for instance pastors, God can talk to you about them.

#2. If we have the “moral authority” to speak into their lives, God will speak to you concerning them. In other words, we have built trust. With my pastor, Pastor Eskor of blessed memory, there were times he would engage in conversation to find out what God is saying. By God’s grace I had gained his trust. He could trust my heart. If you do not have the moral authority, then keep your mouth shut even though God has spoken to you.

#3. Sometimes God speaks to us about other people so we can pray [intercede] for them. Sadly a lot of those people that want to say, “God said…” are not ready to spend four hours praying for someone else. So shut up, go and pray! If you feel so strongly that God has given you a word for another, then go and pray about it. You do not have a right to speak until you gain access to speak. That is how God works. Someone told me he felt that the Holy Spirit was saying God had spoken to me about him. He was correct. He wanted to know why I did not tell him. I said, “I do not have the liberty to tell you but I am praying for you”. I choose to go and pray it through rather than rushing to say, “God said…”

It is arrogance that makes people so eager and not spiritual content. If you have Spiritual content, go on your knees and travail. Stand in the gap for the person for twelve hours then heaven will take you seriously. But when you speak, it is gossip and that is not God.

Prayer: Father, I pray that the love of Jesus Christ will constrain me, in Jesus Name. Amen!